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"Among the ancient Mexicans, Peruvians, and some of the Indian tribes of North and South America were found fragments of the Eden Myth. The Mexicans said that the primeval mother was made out of a man's bone, and that she was the mother of twins.

The Cherokees supposed that heavenly beings came down and made the world, after which they made a man and a woman of clay. The intention of the creators was that men should live always. But the Sun, when he passed over, told them that there was not land enough, and that people had better die. At length, the daughter of the Sun was bitten by a Snake, and died....

The inhabitants of the New World had a legend of a Deluge, which destroyed the human race, excepting a few who were saved in a boat, which landed on a mountain. They also related that birds were sent out of the ark, for the purpose of ascertaining if the flood was abating.

The ancient Mexicans had the legend of the confusion of tongues, and related the whole story as to how the gods destroyed the tower which mankind was building so as to reach unto heavens.The Mexicans, and several of the Indian tribes of North America, believed in the doctrine of Metmpsychosis, or the transfiguration of souls from one body into another. This, as we have already seen, was universally believed in the Old World."

This is what Thomas said.